Why do these people always find me?!?!?

LastDetail

LastDetail

Whose yer DADDY!??!?!?!?!
About a year ago I was at a customers house and his friend pulled the "I used to be a detailer" BS on me. You can read about it HERE if you want. Up until now I thought this guy was the biggest dunce yet. As of yesterday he has a challenger for the title.

I am ranting about my neighbor and trust me its gonna be a LONG one. This guy just bought brand-new GTO and proceeds to Dawn wash it, no wax, and a big pink bath towel for drying. Once every couple of weeks. However the fun does not end here. Besides ruining his finish his second favorite hobby is harrassing me and my roomate. To date he has called the cops on us 3 times, harrassed and harangued 4 of our guests for parking in "his" spot on the CITY STREET, and made my roomates little brother cry. Why did he make him cry you ask? Because my roomates 12 year old brother was riding a 5 hp pocket bike around the neighborhood at 2 in the afternoon on a saturday, while retardo was trying to watch TV. Instead of coming out (we were both outside watching him ride up and down the cul-de-sac having the time of his life) and calmly asking either of us or him to stop or go somewhere else, he runs out and grabs the bike by the bars and starts screaming in the kids face, let me repeat that, not yelling or cursing but screaming. I literally had to insert myself between my roomate and the neighbor to keep my roomate from bashing his face in. He visits at 10:01 pm (10 being the official start to neighborhood quiet time) to let us know that he can now legitimately call the cops for us making noise. Blahblahblah. Hes a complete jerk.

Anyway, he always sees me outside working on my car, washing, polishing, waxing, whatever you guys know the drill. Yesterday he saunters on over (like we are old chums or something) and informs me that I am wasting my time. I was actually in the middle of polishing so I didn't even know he was there, I turn the machine off and ask him to repeat what he said.
He tells me I am wasting my time by polishing.
I inquire why.
He informs me that no detailing products are any different, and that they are all recycled products in different bottles.
I inform him that I beleive him to be off his meds.
He insists and says something while he RUBS HIS HAND ACROSS THE PAINT LEAVING A SCRATCH 6 INCHES LONG WITH HIS STUPID RING!!!!!!
At this point I lost it and yanked his hand off my car, (I could hear the ring rubbing the freshly polished paint), and gave him a shove. I said some words that don't bear repeating but George Carlin is quite fond of them. I informed him that I did not invite him physically onto my property, or invite his critique of my work. Do you know what he did?
Yelled back? No.
Simply walked away? No.
Apologized? HELL NO.
No, this guy who is twice my age, proceeded to go toe-to-toe with me and get in my face, IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY. He tells me that he can have me arrested for assault, blahblahblahblah. I told him to go ahead and call the cops I would love to tell them all about how he came onto MY property WITHOUT being invited and VANDALIZING my automobile.
I was so mad I couldn't see straight, he walked away back across the street to his own house. I was fuming, I had been planning to put down some EX-P, but didn't want to stay at the house any longer. I did my best to polish out the scratch as quick as possible and then I threw on wax to at least semi-protect the paint and left right then and there, I didn't want to tempt myself by being so close to him. Now I am back at home and wondering should I slash his tires or mail him a fish?

Cliffs Notes Version:
My neighbor sucks, knows nothing about detailing, scratched my car and almost got "handled".
Anyway this was very therauputic thanks for reading.
 
I had a similar incident with my neigbout (not over a car) but my 9 yrs old lile sister was listening to some hilary duff inthe back yard at bout 3 o'clock in the after noon. when my neigbour comes over to her (shes out alone and my mom is watchingher) and tell a 9 yr old girl to turn it down hes trying to sleep. At this point i go out and was like excuse me can i help you. Hes like i just told her to turn in down and he started to walk aways. I told him to be a man and talk to me not a 9 yr old. He called me an ignortant teenage punk. To which i said a few words im sure he didt undertsand he comes over to me to toe-to-toe. He startes yelling at me how im a crappy neigbour. to piss him off im like excuse me (nice and calmly) at wich point he pushes me. I worn him not to do that as i wont take that from anyone in my own back yard. He goes to throw a punch at me and a counter it giving him a dead arm. He then throws the other arm and i do the same (self d techquie (sp)) lol he coulndt move his arms for like 2 hrs it was funny watching him try to open a door. So neway he calls the cops who come for my side of the story and i tell them. They started to laugh there like this dude trespasses, assults you and u barly touch him and hes like 50 thats so funny. It was weird then they asked my rents if they wanted to press charges and my parents said it wasnt worth it. It was the weirdest experiance. I though of doing some wondefull things to his house and car but decided im above that. As much fun as it would be I could have hurt him, could have damaged his stuff but then im no better then him, and trust me i am. So after that long rant the moral of this sotry is to be the better,bigger man. Live with intergity and look yourself in the mirrior with pride.
 
LD,
New car engine blocks really like Limburger cheese....lol.I hate people who will go after a kid.Your neighbor can be put in jail for terrorizing and making terroristic threats toward a 12 yrs old. Also, his visits to could be construed a stalking,as well as, trespassing.
I live for the day a neighbor messes with one of my kids.I already have bail money set aside for it.
 
first of all. complain to the police. he had no right to be on your property and to scratch your car. make him pay for the entire panel to me resprayed. then see if you can get a restrainging order.
 
Squirtgun said:
LD,
I hate people who will go after a kid.Your neighbor can be put in jail for terrorizing and making terroristic threats toward a 12 yrs old.
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Yea it was terrible. In the 6 or 7 seconds it took us to realize what was going on (my roomate and I), he yelled at the kid about "respecting other peoples privacy", "what **** is wrong with you?" typical stuff. Just being an old coot.

Amnesty: Thanks for the advice, I'm thinking I might look into that. The scratch though wasn't very deep SSR2.5 and an LC Orange pad took it out after 3 or 4 passes. Just the sound of metal on paint, not to mention how much pressure he must have had on his hand, was what really got to me.

Now I am thinking a little more coherently, writing it all out really helped. I am trying to put myself in this guys shoes. I mean imagine if you were middle-aged, living alone, and these two mid-twenties dudes move in across the street. One is always cleaning his car while the other is always taking apart his car, (my roomate is a mechanic), usually, if not always, they have music playing while they work, a lot of punk and good old fashioned hair-metal. They are ALWAYS in the garage or on the driveway. On the weekends they have barbeques, laughter and poker sounds coming from their house, not to mention the fact that there is almost always 4 or 5 cars in the driveway. Not impeding traffic, but I bet its a bit of an eyesore.

I am sure this guy is a little bitter that I don't just keep a quiet life like he does. Live and let live and all that. I'm positive this guy hasn't received any nookie in quite some time, so maybe I should send over a peace offering?
I was thinking along the lines of a bottle of whiskey and woman of, uh, "loose morality". Whadaya think? :evil:
 
I say you will probably do nothing cuz if a jacka22 I already cant stand comes into my yard and does was he did to you he woulda got dropped on the spot or at least knew he was in a fight. Since that didnt happen you are talking about doing something behinde his back which will get you no where really. He could think it is anybody ,and you had your chance when he was in the wrong and scratched your car and got in your face. Even if the cops came then and hes twice your age and in your yard who looks like the one in trouble? You had your chance but didnt take it. Now it will you breaking the law.
 
glen22 said:
I say you will probably do nothing cuz if a jacka22 I already cant stand comes into my yard and does was he did to you he woulda got dropped on the spot or at least knew he was in a fight.
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When my blood was up I was doing everything I could to keep myself from throwing him a beating, I was trying to focus on the idea that I was at home. I have never been afraid of getting in a fight, but for the person that you brawl with to know where you live? Things could end badly. And I was simply making fun when talking about keying his car, no matter how badly he treats it, no matter how much you hate him, you should never mess with a mans (or womans) automobile. But you are right, if I was going to retaliate I would have done it then, when it was justified. Plus, where is the honor in beating the crap out of some dude who can probably get the senior special at Denny's?
 
This is why i hate people. Most are complete freakin Morons.
And by the way you sir are a better man than i becasue i also would have beaten the hell out of him and it would have been worth the trip to jail.

Richard
 
well, if you have to be his neighbor for a while, and don't want the constant bickering from him, invite him over and show him your detail process. Then offer to do his car to show him what a professional swirl removal can accomplish. You never know, he might "turn" and be a great bud, or he might reject your offer. If he accepts, noise, pocket bikes, etc will suddenly be a moot point.

Totoland Mach
 
I think you should send him a box of earth worms like he kind you use for fishing but send him 20 lbs. worth that should get his attention...
 
In this instance I honor your restraint. :yes: Am glad that the scratch was taken care of. Your neighbor has no excuse for what he did. :gun_banda

I like the idea of the fish being sent. Yet in truth it would serve no purpose for you or him. Am not sure what can be done to mitigate this instance. What ever you do it should employ some act that will educate.

It is kind to give a man a fish to eat but teaching him to fish so he can eat every day is the kindest act of all.
 
i would have given him an ass whoopin ... someone needs to straighten that ole boy out once and for all.......
 
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